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Find Solutions & Strategies April 14, 2014 |
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 Prescription Drug Trends for Workers' Comp
New report includes some hard pills to swallow |
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| A Note From the Editor |
Dear Workers' Comp Community:
This week's issue continues our coverage of prescription drugs and workers' comp.
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prescription drug trends for 2013 include hard pills to swallow |
By John Stahl, Esq.
 The recently released research from pharmacy benefit manager The Express Scripts Lab in the "2013 Workers' Compensation Drug Trend Report" is equivalent to the State of the Union regarding prescription drug benefits for injured workers. These conclusions reflect data from workers' compensation payers which are Express Scripts clients. The featured takeaways included: The Top 10 therapy classes of drugs constituted nearly 84 percent of the total spent on prescription drugs in workers' compensation in 2013; The average annual prescription drug cost per injured worker in 2013 was slightly over $1,603...read more.
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will calif. rank #1 in nation for highest workers' comp premium rates? |
By John Stahl, Esq.
 Two years ago California ranked third in the nation in terms of the highest workers' comp premium rates. In a webinar on April 10, 2014, WCIRB observed that, given the rate activity in the state from 2012 to 2013 and most likely continuing into 2014, California could have the highest-or close to the highest-workers' comp premium rates in the nation when the 2014 Oregon workers' compensation premium rate ranking study is completed later this year. To understand what, in part, is driving rates, see the "WCIRB Report on December 31, 2013 Insurer Experience" released on April 4, 2014 that includes...read more.
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LARSON'S SPOTLIGHT ON RECENT CASES |
Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers' compensation.
 Virginia: Light-Duty Employee Entitled to Disability Benefits During Furlough Periods. Where a construction worker returned to light duty after a work-related accident but due to "the vagaries of the construction industry," his employer furloughed virtually all its employees for undefined periods of time, with the...read more.
Federal: Breach of Contract Claim Against Special Employer for Failure to Provide Safe Work Environment Is Barred By Exclusiveness. That an employer referred in its Policies and Procedures Handbook to its commitment to provide a safe and health work place for its employees...read more.
Mississippi: Evidence That Worker Was Subject of Murder Investigation Insufficient to Establish His Injuries Were Self-Inflicted. Evidence that an electrical line worker was under investigation for murder, that law enforcement officials had obtained a DNA sample from him...read more.
Washington: Traveling Employee Rule Doesn't Save Drunken Employee's Dune Buggy Claim. A claims adjuster who had been assigned remote duties in connection with the devastation to Galveston Island caused by Hurricane Ike and who drank one evening...read more. |
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| lexisnexis legal newsroom blogs |
 Flyin' High...And the Role of Utilization Review in a Delaware Drug Diversion Case, by Cassandra Roberts, Esq. Read it.
 Missouri: No Psych Claim for Worker Investigated for Threats of Mayhem, by Martin Klug, Esq. Read it.
Missouri: Employer Stuck With Its Settlement Offer After Worker Dies, by Martin Klug, Esq. Read it.
 Vermont Workers' Compensation Update: January to March 2014, by Keith Kasper, Esq. Read it.
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